"We see that anti-Semitism is increasing on Malmö's streets, in schools and on the internet. Our goal is a city where no one needs to hide their identity. A city where it is taken for granted that everyone has the same freedom to live and move freely", says Nina Jakku, opposition councillor for the Left Party in Malmö in a press release.
Earlier this autumn, the Jewish Central Council has decided to ban the Left Party from its memorial ceremonies, citing that several representatives of the Left Party have expressed themselves anti-Semitically and shown support for terrorist organizations.
On November 9, 1938, Jews were humiliated and assaulted in Nazi Germany, hundreds were murdered and tens of thousands were arrested to be sent to concentration camps. Over 1,400 synagogues and prayer houses were burned down and destroyed, and an estimated 7,500 Jewish shops were looted and vandalized.
The event in Malmö is being carried out in collaboration with Young Left, ABF and Kvarnby folk high school.
